St. Pirminius (Walsheim)

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The parish church of St. Pirminius in Walsheim
View inside the church
View from the chancel towards the organ gallery

The St. Pirminius Church is a Catholic parish church in Walsheim , a district of the Gersheim community . The church patron is St. Pirminius , who brought the Christian faith to the area at the beginning of the 8th century. The church is listed as an individual monument in the Saarland monuments list.

history

Before the Catholics in Walsheim got their own church building, they shared today's Evangelical Church of the place with the Protestants as a simultaneous church . Construction of the church began in 1851. The inauguration took place in 1856.

During the Second World War , the church suffered such severe damage that when it was rebuilt after the war, the tower had to be partially removed and then rebuilt well below its original height. In October 1949 the church was restored. The rectory was built in 1959/60 . In the course of a major renovation , which took place between 1968 and 1971, the church received an altar made of green marble .

architecture

The church building was built in the neo-Romanesque style and has five window axes . It is an aisle church with a choir attached to the nave . The tower of the church, in which the entrance portal is located, is integrated into the front of the nave.

organ

The organ of the church was built in 1988 by Hugo Mayer Orgelbau ( Heusweiler ). The instrument, with 11 registers and 2 manuals , is set up on a gallery and has a built-in play cabinet . The wind chests are mechanical slide chests

I Hauptwerk C – g 3
1. Open flute 8th'
2. Principal 4 ′
3. Field flute 2 ′
4th Mixture III 1 1 ⁄ 3  ′
5. Trumpet 8th'
II Positive C-g 3
6th Covered 8th'
7th recorder 4 ′
8th. Octave 2 ′
9. Sesquialter II
Tremulant
Pedal C – f 1
10. Sub-bass 16 ′
11. Octave 8th'

Web links

Commons : St. Pirminius (Walsheim)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c according to the information board in Pirminiusstrasse
  2. ↑ List of monuments of the Saarland, sub-monuments list Saarpfalz-Kreis (PDF; 1.2 MB), accessed on July 23, 2012
  3. ↑ Organ of the Church of St. Pirminius (Catholic) ( Memento of the original from June 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Info page of the Orgeln im Saarland website , accessed on July 23, 2012 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.saar-orgelland.de

Coordinates: 49 ° 9 ′ 18.1 ″  N , 7 ° 14 ′ 2.2 ″  E